An architect’s reading of Bernini’s Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in Piazza Navona, Rome: the obelisk, four river gods, travertine and marble, and its 1651 unveiling.
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Fontana delle Tartarughe: Rome’s Renaissance Turtle Fountain
The Fontana delle Tartarughe in Piazza Mattei, Rome, designed by Giacomo della Porta and sculpted by Taddeo Landini, a late Renaissance fountain of bronze ephebes and turtles.
Trevi Fountain: Nicola Salvi’s Baroque Wish Machine in Rome
An architect’s reading of the Trevi Fountain in Rome: the Palazzo Poli backdrop, Oceanus and his Tritons, travertine scogli, the Acqua Vergine aqueduct, and the coin-throwing ritual.